United States, 39.76, -98.5Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994Bennett, William TapleySchoenbaum, Thomas J.Rusk, Richard1985-06Dean Rusk discusses the politics, government, and social conditions of the Dominican Republic, including the economic conditions of the country in 1961; the Coup d’etat in 1963, and the revolution in 1965.Interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and William Tapley Bennett.Related collections in this repository: Thomas J. Schoenbaum, Dean Rusk collection; Parks Rusk collection; and Dean Rusk personal papers.Dean Rusk (1909-1994), attorney, U.S. Secretary of State, born in Cherokee County, Georgia. Rusk joined the Department of State from 1947-1952 as Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs and for Far Eastern Affairs. From 1952-1960 he was president of the Rockefeller Foundation. In 1961, President Kennedy appointed Rusk to the office of Secretary of State. He remained in this position until 1969. In 1970, he became the Samuel H. Sibley Professor of International Law at the University of Georgia, a position he held until his death in 1994.audio/mpegRBRL214DROH-RuskBBBBhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Dean Rusk Oral History Collectionhttp://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/russell/view?docId=ead/RBRL214DROH-ead.xmlDominican Republic--History--1961-Dean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and William Tapley Bennett, Part 2, 1985 JuneSoundText